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I'm a caring, skilled professional, dedicated to simplifying what is often a very complicated and confusing area of health care....more

I'm a caring, skilled professional, dedicated to simplifying what is often a very complicated and confusing area of health care.

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Dr. Mohan is a renowned Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Specialist in Whitefield, Bangalore. You can visit him at Vydehi Hospital in Whitefield, Bangalore. Book an appointment online with Dr. Mohan and consult privately on Lybrate.com.

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do you have pain on cheek bones on pressing it? hot fomentation is really helpful in sinus besides drink fluids, such as water or juice. This will help dilute mucous secretions and promote drainage. Avoid beverages that contain caffeine or alcohol, as they can be dehydrating. Drinking alcohol can also worsen the swelling of the lining of the sinuses and nose.
Moisturize your sinus cavities. Drape a towel over your head as you breathe in the vapor from a bowl of medium-hot water. Keep the vapor directed toward your face. Or take a hot shower, breathing in the warm, moist air. This will help ease pain and help mucus drain.
Apply warm compresses to your face. Place warm, damp towels around your nose, cheeks and eyes to ease facial pain.
Rinse out your nasal passages. Use a specially designed squeeze bottle (sinus rinse, others), saline canister or neti pot to rinse your nasal passages. This home remedy, called nasal lavage, can help clear your sinuses. If you make your own rinse, use water that's contaminant-free distilled, sterile, previously boiled and cooled, or filtered using a filter with an absolute pore size of 1 micron or smaller to make up the irrigation solution. Also be sure to rinse the irrigation device after each use with contaminant-free water, and leave open to air-dry.
Sleep with your head elevated. This will help your sinuses drain, reducing congestion. Do reply back for medication prescriptions. Being also a general physician and registered dietitian, I prescribe both evidence based herbal as well as allopathic medicines complementing with dietary guidelines and home remedies carefully personalized for each individual patient.

Tinnitus and vertigo is very common these days in any age group due to excess of noise exposure and damage to inner ear, humming sound, whistling and giddiness are the problems which are getting in people are very common these days, these get complicated when they are not taken care of at proper time whistling or buzzing in the ear is getting commoner these days in people of all ages. Most common causes is wax or any object in the ear, after getting your ears clean these gets over. But if ears are already clean than this is worrisome. Common causes which are responsible are high cholesterol diet, alcohol, smoking, loud noises, cervical spondylosis, trauma (self or inflicted) over the ears. If this is the situation than report to your ent doctor immediately tinnitus is basically due to hampered blood supply to ears due to which ears start dying. As this process starts a person starts hearing noises. When a person starts hearing noises then it is already late diagnosis as these noises gets heard by someone when they are of 40 db intensity, below that threshold these noises are not heard. So it is already to late and the damage has become permanent. Problem with these noises are that we can control at what level person goes to his specialist otherwise these noises keep on increasing and can give you headache frustration and depression. Get ct scan also done.

Discharging ear: Discharge in ear is due to problem in external ear or Middle ear. Micro exam of ear will conclude that. Threre are two types of middle ear discharge Safe and Unsafe….If there is foul smelling discharge it is usually unsafe variety of Chronic suppurative otitis media. X ray masoid, Culture and sensitivity report and Ct scan if required. Mostly this type of pt require surgery. In safe variety it is simple perforation in ear and can be treated only with Antibiotics, Antihistaminics and ear drops. May require surgery if there is big hole in drum.

Its the nature's way.....no one can occupy a place for ever ever.
Every creature who is born has to die for others to take its place.......as he has to take birth somwhere else in another form to perform his duty in that body.........again after some time he will again have to leave this body and go to someother place to again perform his duty.
We are soul a part of the Eternal soul/the almighty GOD......we came here to play our roles that so simple....
However I suggest you enjoy life which is very colourful and beautiful....

Thanks for the question cough and throat ache may be initial symptoms of a viral infection. You have not mentioned the duration of these or whether you are having running nose or fever. Seasonal change may prone one to these infections specially humid weather when these microorganisms thrive very well. Also the rising levels of pollution is an important factor.
Drink plenty of oral fluids and you can take paracetamol (650 mg) for the throat ache. However, if your symptoms continue for more than 3 days or you develop high fever with active sputum an antibiotic course may be needed. If your cough is more of a dry variant, anti-allergic medications and steam inhalation will help.